SIR STANLEY JOHNSON ONLY BROKE HIS WIFE’S NOSE ONCE!!

SHE OBVIOUSLY LEARNED HER LESSON AND SIR STANLEY JOHNSON NEVER DID IT AGAIN!!

So grateful for Fiona Bruce for pointing this out. She does sterling work in making sure the BBC's political output is appropriately balanced.

*to Fiona

How she wasn't fired for this is beyond me. I guess she only defended wife beating once, so it could be a one off?

She is on the air, she has to point out if an allegation is made and that person is not there to defend themselves. She was trying to give a more complete picture of the 'story'. I thought she handled it reasonably well

She could have said the wife said this, he isn't here to defend himself. She didn't need to say his friends say it's a one off. There is no value in repeating other people's opinions. That's where it stopped being balanced.

Her apology wasn't quite enough. However, I do not think she is an apologist for domestic violence. The worry is how many of the gammons heard this and thought, she's quite right, these things happen in a marriage.

She read out a pre-prepared statement from the BBC. She's been an advocate for domestic abuse survivors so it must be especially annoying for her to be trolled by idiots on social media.

Not as annoying as it must be for domestic abuse survivors to hear what she said on QT.

She read out a pre-prepared statement from the BBC. She's been an advocate for domestic abuse survivors so it must be especially annoying for her to be trolled by idiots on social media.

Eh? Wasn't it a response to the accusation during a live broadcast? She has stepped down from her role at refuge as a result of her comments. Saying his friends say it was a one off is essentially admitting that he bloody did it, not a prepared statement to fend off potential legal action.

stepped over the line into advocacy for Stanley rather than balanced reportage

SIR STANLEY PLEASE!

I don't get it. What she said in words and tone seemed like a reporting of events, not expression of an opinion

I thought she handled it reasonably well

Can you just assume that everyone knows that you think obsequious BBC Tories kissing Tory arse is a good thing, to save you the hassle of typing it out every time it happens?

Are you criticising her for expressing an opinion or are you criticising her for not expressing an opinion? You can't have it both ways

I'm criticising her for saying "according to his friends it was a one-off" as it is completely irrelevant whether it happened once or twice or ten times.

and the only reason for stating that it was a 'one-off' is to plead in mitigation for the khunt

I thought that comment followed simply because it was immediately preceded by her saying he himself has not commented

You're being very sensitive about this 3wood, it must be causing you anxiety

I see risky has logged into the piefecker account. He only does that when he's trolling the most shameful topics.

Quite clearly, going after Bruce is the wrong diversion of attention here

I'm surprised anyone on here is thick enough to bash Fiona Bruce for this. It's incredibly tiresome to see how much energy has gone into attacking her, especially when it's largely coming from people who apparently haven't twigged that the real villain here is Stanley Johnson...